steve sedgwick in moscow earlier today. russia's been a big player in this drama but our international correspondent, chief international correspondent michelle caruso-cabrera is in cyprus for us now. michelle? >> reporter: tyler, the situation in cyprus is incredibly unclear and increasingly chaotic. the parliament of this country was supposed to vote ten hours ago to pass a law that would allow them to restructure the banks. we're still waiting. it's unclear if they are going to vote today at all. at the same time we're getting reports that maybe the european union is going to demand even more from this country. hours ago we were told by the leader -- the head of the leading party that they were extremely close to a deal and yet we still wait. the same time it's growing increasingly chaotic in this country's economy because the banks are still closed. they have been closed for seven days now. it looks like they will be closed for at least ten days. that means people running businesses can't do payroll, can't access their